Mike and I were both working today helping the organizers of the Tiffin Motor Home Rally. Mike was driving one of the golf carts and I was assigned to work with the very lovely Carlton Moore on what was a weather-proofed hayride!

The rally is taking place at the Essex Junction fairground, it’s pretty huge, but pretty basic, so, when it rains, as it did today, it can get pretty muddy, pretty quickly!

Carlton is the boss for the hayride, which over the weekend, was great with its open sides and no roof. After the rain today, it was going to be very wet and muddy for everyone, so quick-thinking Carlton and my co-volunteer Larry Hasiak, washed the hayride down and rigged-up tarpaulin (tarp) over the roof and the sides to keep everyone dry.

It turns out that Carlton and I had more in common than we first thought. We both worked for the same oil company in our careers! Carlton was based in Decatur, Georgia and before I left the company we were taking our first look at the state for a potential wind farm!

The answer to yesterday’s question: Montpelier, the state capital of Vermont, is the only capital in the US that does not have a McDonalds, something that the other 49 state capitals have!

From Left: Carlton Moore, me and co-volunteer Dave Fisher who was driving a golf cart today. It was pretty cold out there hence my Michelin-man look!

Yesterday a hayride, today an enclosed, dry people carrier!